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💠 Chef Hat Indian Restaurant - Tainan Branch

Hi everyone! I’m Wolfie 🪽

This time I came to Tainan and discovered a mysterious foreign-decorated restaurant with aromas wafting right out the door—Chef Hat Indian Restaurant! As soon as I stepped inside, the rich and enchanting scent of spices enveloped me, making me feel like I was on the streets of India—such a strong exotic vibe!

Must-try recommended dishes:
• North Indian Chicken Curry $350
Rich and creamy curry sauce made with a variety of spices, perfectly infused with chicken that leaves a sweet aftertaste!

• Lamb Curry with Basmati Rice $380
The moment you take a bite, a heavy aroma of spices hits you, with tender lamb that’s free of any gamey taste. The curry has a rich flavor profile, making it a top choice for those who love bold flavors!

• Garlic Naan $70
Every time I go, I have to dip the naan into the curry! Crispy and flaky with a garlic aroma, one bite and I’m in heaven~

• Indian Fennel Rice $80
The faint scent of fennel comes through, perfectly pairing with the curry without overpowering it, adding extra points!

• Tandoori Chicken Leg $380
Cooked in a tandoor, the skin is slightly charred and crispy while the inside is super juicy, and the best part is the incredible fragrance! Its vibrant red appearance is really eye-catching.

Every dish is like a spice show dancing in my mouth! I really recommend friends wanting to try Indian cuisine to come here to experience the magic of "instant travel to India"!

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🔹🏠: Chef Hat Indian Restaurant - Tainan Branch
🔹📍: No. 118, Section 2, Hai'an Road, West Central District, Tainan City

A group of friends gathered for dinner, and it was my first time eating here. Almost all the staff are Indian, and the service is excellent; they can speak Chinese and English. The menu has pictures for reference, and it looks like authentic Indian cuisine with dishes that you generally wouldn't see elsewhere. There’s a 10% service charge, and card payments are accepted. There are fewer seats for dining in, so it’s recommended to make a reservation, as the business is very good.

Overall, the dishes have a strong Indian flavor, with a lot of spices; it's quite different from what typical Taiwanese people are used to eating, which might be a bit unfamiliar, but it’s actually very fragrant and special. At the beginning, while waiting for the food, the restaurant offered free spiced crackers, which were crispy and flavorful, and not bad at all.

We ordered cumin-flavored lamb strips, whole wheat mint naan, turmeric rice, and grilled curry chicken with onions and green peppers. There were three of us girls sharing, which was just about right.

The cumin lamb strips had a strong cumin flavor, which was a bit intense but tasty, without any lamb smell; it was slightly salty, so I suggest pairing it with naan or turmeric rice.

The whole wheat mint naan was freshly baked and was very good when eaten hot; it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a slightly sweet and chewy texture. The turmeric rice had beans mixed in, and it was Indian rice, with each grain distinct, which is different from Taiwanese rice but pairs well with curry.

I initially thought the grilled curry chicken with onions and green peppers would be very salty, but surprisingly it wasn't; the seasoning was just right, and the curry had a nice Indian flavor. The chicken was in large pieces and very tender, making for a satisfying meal without being too salty.

To finish, we ordered Indian spiced hot milk tea, which also came with a cinnamon stick. The spice flavor was perfect—not too strong, allowing the taste of the spices to come through. The sweetness was just right; I was surprised since I thought it would be too sweet. Other Indian restaurants I've been to served milk tea that was overly sweet, so it was perfect after the meal.

Lastly, the restaurant served a very special little dessert and invited us to review the restaurant, but they didn't pressure us or check on it. They were very generous, which explains why there are so many reviews on Google Maps. The dishes were genuinely delicious, and the flavors were just right for someone like me who prefers lighter tastes, which is different from the usually intense Indian dishes but still flavorful. The waitstaff were attentive and refilled our water whenever the cups were empty. The dining environment was comfortable with great service, so it absolutely deserves its high ratings. If you're looking for authentic Indian cuisine, I highly recommend this place. My friends who came with me were very satisfied and we had a great time chatting.

You might find it a bit strange to eat Indian cuisine in the UK, but just take a look at the crowd waiting outside, and you can definitely understand why people come to this restaurant! The prices here are very reasonable for the UK, and it’s absolutely one of the top five Indian restaurants in the world! To say that means it’s really delicious, but I highly recommend making a reservation beforehand; otherwise, you’ll just find yourself circling around the restaurant with all the other crowds, waiting for a seat!

Once you have a reservation, make sure to arrive at the restaurant entrance at the specified time. If not, it’s very easy for your seat to become someone else's. After being seated, you’ll be served by a very enthusiastic waiter. Since there are so many dishes to choose from, I asked for their recommendations, and they suggested three dishes, so I ordered all three!

The dishes were:
❤️Appetizers
There were so many options for appetizers, and I simply ordered what the waiter recommended. I didn’t remember the name, but if you want to order the same thing as me, you can show the waiter the photo, and I’m sure they’ll know what it is! My appetizer was made with potatoes and a variety of fresh greens. When I took the first bite, I felt like I was eating McDonald's fries; it honestly tasted just like them, but it was mixed with a lot of greens and sauces to make a healthy potato salad. It might not sound amazing, but it was indeed quite tasty, with a tangy and sweet sauce that was perfect as an appetizer!

❤️Prawn Pathos
I usually love shrimp, so I was going to order something related to that anyway, and since it was recommended, I decided to try it! For this dish, if you don’t usually eat spicy food, it might be a bit much. It has about a three-star spiciness level, which is moderate. This dish also includes an Indian bread, and it’s thinner and larger, so you can use more of the bread to scoop up the sauce to mitigate the spiciness in your mouth! The shrimp was firm and fresh! Paired with the sauce, it’s a very authentic Indian dish!

❤️Chicken Berry Britannia
This is a classic dish that many people probably order. The chicken was quite tender, but the star of the show was definitely the sauce! This sauce made me devour two pieces of bread! It has a slight sourness, more saltiness, and a hint of sweetness, somewhat resembling a curry sauce combined with a bit of miso flavor. I really want to ask the chef for the recipe; this dish is truly a classic and absolutely delicious!

If you usually love Indian food, I highly recommend making a reservation to experience this place. If you typically don’t like Indian cuisine, I think you should still give it a chance; you might just fall in love with it! Personally, I plan to visit this restaurant again the next time I return to the UK. I hope everyone enjoys it!

I really love Indian naan. In the past, when I ate Indian curry, I always looked forward to having it with naan. I didn't expect to find so many types of naan, including fried and pan-fried versions, in Myanmar Street; it truly makes me very happy.

The environment is just average, but here you can find both baked naan and fried naan, with sweet and savory options available. Everything is freshly made to order, and it's best when it's hot out of the oven. Paired with a rich and flavorful Indian milk tea, it's truly a delightful experience.

Foodholic Niko @ Taipei

"TAJ Indian Restaurant" offers authentic North Indian cuisine. The owner is Pakistani, and all the chefs have been invited from India to Taiwan. It is a restaurant certified halal.

Located near Zhongxiao Fuxing Station, it takes about a 6-minute walk from Exit 5. The exterior features large fluorescent green lettering, making it quite eye-catching, and the interior decor has a strong Indian vibe, with Indian music playing.

On Friday around 6:30 PM, the restaurant was nearly full. If you plan to dine here, it's highly recommended to make a reservation to avoid disappointment.

Tandoori Bread
We ordered three flavors: plain $65, butter $70, and garlic $80. Each serving comes with four pieces, which are perfect for dipping in curry. The plain one is quite tasty, but my favorite is the garlic one, which has a strong garlic aroma. It's best enjoyed hot.

Indian Curry Dumplings (2 pieces) $100
Quite large in size, the outer skin is fried to the point of being a bit hard and requires some effort to eat. The filling is packed with mashed potatoes and some vegetables (I saw green peas). It's quite heavy, and I recommend dipping it in ketchup to balance the richness; I probably wouldn’t order this again.

Taj Red Yogurt Grilled Chicken (half serving/4 pieces) $300
This dish is the signature item, and having tried it, I understand why. Although the price is a bit high, it's well worth it. Although it looks very red, it's not overly spicy, and the seasoning is excellent. The chicken is tender and retains its juices.

Bell Pepper Spiced Curry Chicken $350
It contains green and sweet peppers, but I feel the pepper flavor isn't too strong. The dominant flavor is the spiced curry, which is mildly spicy. The chicken is in large pieces and remains tender; this dish is delicious and worth ordering.

Yogurt Curry Cheese Balls $320
The curry flavor has a hint of sweetness. The cheese balls are different from what I expected; I thought they would be cheese balls, but they resemble something like mashed potatoes mixed with vegetable puree, which I didn’t particularly like. The curry itself isn’t heavily salted, so I wouldn't order this again.

Spinach Curry Lamb $350
This was my favorite among the three curries today. I generally don’t like spinach, but this spinach curry is incredibly delicious. It doesn’t have a strong vegetable taste, and the lamb is tender and doesn't have a strong gamey flavor. It’s great whether dipped in bread or served with rice.

Indian Milk Tea (Iced) $100
This was my favorite today! The milk and tea flavors blend perfectly, with neither overpowering the other. It has a rich and creamy taste, and for a large cup at $100, it's far superior to the milk tea served in many cafés.

Sweet Lassi (Yogurt Drink) $110
This was ordered by a friend, and I took a sip. It tastes like yogurt but is also infused with a strong spice flavor. Personally, I didn't enjoy it; the traditional milk tea is more to my taste.

One day, I suddenly wanted to eat Indian food, so I casually searched online. I found a nearby Indian restaurant with pretty good reviews! So the two of us drove over. As soon as we arrived at the restaurant, we could feel the rich Indian ambiance and smelled the strong aroma of curry. The server was as enthusiastic as one could imagine, but with a somewhat straightforward and cheerful personality, unlike the cautious demeanor of other servers!

The menu looked pretty much like any regular Indian restaurant, and we ordered today’s dishes:
❤️ Chicken Tikka Masala
This dish is almost always chosen when visiting an Indian curry place; it’s a staple of Indian restaurants. If this dish is made well, it’s more likely that the other dishes will also be tasty. However, if even this basic dish isn’t done well, I wouldn’t want to try anything else! It turns out that this restaurant not only made this dish incredibly delicious, but they also handled the chicken perfectly. The meat remained tender, and the curry flavor seeped in beautifully—so delicious that you couldn’t stop eating! I highly recommend everyone order this foolproof curry!

❤️ Shrimp Korma
Ordering shrimp at an Indian restaurant always takes great courage, because if the shrimp isn’t fresh, the entire curry can taste terrible. Fortunately, their shrimp was not only fresh but also very firm and elastic! Paired with this flavorful curry, which was harmonized with nutty aromas, it had a slightly sweet and salty taste, along with the unique fragrance of nuts and the spice flavors of Indian curry—everything combined was so delicious!

By the time we finished the bread, there was still a lot of curry sauce left! We couldn’t bear to leave it behind, so we packed it all up to take home! Reheating it the next day was still incredibly delicious. From now on, whenever I think of wanting Indian curry, this restaurant will definitely come to mind! If you like it, go try it out soon!

Location: London, England

After finishing the itinerary at the Natural History Museum and Kensington Palace, we went to this popular Indian restaurant in London that we had booked in advance, Dishoom. Upon entering, we were taken to a waiting area at the bar where we could order drinks to have while waiting. Once our seats were ready, we could take our drinks to the table. However, since we planned to have dinner, we didn't particularly want to drink more alcohol and decided to skip it.

🌟 Garlic Naan
The garlic naan was super delicious! A must-try! We initially ordered one portion, and it came with only two big pieces. After cutting it into four portions, we used the three sauces provided (spicy, spiced, green sauce). The naan was perfectly soft and crispy, very tasty. Later, since we hadn’t finished the curry, we ordered another serving. 🤣🤣🤣

🌟 Chicken Curry
This was a tomato-based red sauce chicken curry. The chicken was incredibly tender and delicious. We ordered an extra serving of rice to go with it. The rice was long-grain, super fluffy, and had no sticky texture at all. It felt very much like a type of fish roe—so soft and difficult to describe. 😅

🌟 Grilled Lamb Chops
When the grilled lamb chops arrived, it was a dish that was visually and aromatically appealing. Since they were bone-in, I highly recommend them if you enjoy bone-in lamb chops. If you're worried about the gamey taste of lamb, you don't need to be concerned at all because the flavor was very fragrant and completely devoid of any typical lamby odor. It was exceptionally delicious.

🌟 Indian Chai
I initially thought I ordered something similar to Thai milk tea, but what came was ginger milk tea. I found myself drinking and rechecking my menu, wondering what I had actually ordered. 🤣🤣🤣 Luckily, I don't mind ginger milk tea, so I happily finished my drink.

While ordering, we informed them that it was our first time dining there and asked for recommendations. They not only provided recommendations but chatted with us a lot as well. (Although my English isn't great, I made an effort to engage in conversation. 🤣🤣) The service was excellent. (I genuinely feel that all British people are friendly and great conversationalists. 🥺🥺😆)

When we arrived at the restaurant, we were a bit hesitant. The whole restaurant looked very dark, almost like it wasn't open for business. During our visit, nobody greeted us, and when we wanted to find a seat, the staff didn't pay much attention... It wasn't until we asked that they acknowledged us!

We looked at the menu and decided that the four of us would order two dishes to try out first.

They were:
❤️ Thigh Chicken Tikka
The red chicken is this dish... the chicken 🐔 was decent in some parts, but a bit too dry in others! The flavor still had that unique Indian spice that I personally am quite used to and actually enjoy! However, the chicken itself was slightly overcooked and a bit tough!

❤️ Lamb Korma
This dish was unanimously loved by everyone! It had a light nutty aroma paired with a creamy curry flavor. The lamb 🐑 inside was well-seasoned and had the perfect tenderness – if the chicken dish scored 70 points, this one would reach 90! Because the taste, temperature, and meat quality could easily tempt anyone to have another piece of naan...

❤️ Plain Naan
This is the classic Indian flatbread. When eating Indian food, it's rare to have anything else, as naan usually takes its place! We were no exception and ordered two servings of naan! The portions were quite large – everyone could get full!

Overall, aside from the service not being particularly ideal, the food was actually quite good. If you're not too concerned about service quality, it's worth trying some authentic Indian cuisine!

There are many different snacks around the world, one of which has always been loved by people in Malaysia is the Indian pancake. This delicacy was improved and created by Indian immigrants in Malaysia to cater to the local residents' tastes, and it is now popular worldwide. You can also enjoy this delicious dish in Taiwan! Previously known as the popular "Cat City Nanyang Cuisine (Indian Pancake)," it has now transformed into "Instant Selection Nanyang Delicacies (Indian Pancake)."

✅ Indian Pancake: It comes in two signature flavors—curry and condensed milk—with the recent launch of new flavors like brown sugar and pepper salt. The pancake skin is quite crispy and filled with a rich egg aroma; it tastes great on its own and is not greasy at all. The condensed milk flavor offers a sweet and rich taste, while the curry flavor comes with a bowl of curry sauce for dipping. The curry sauce is full of spice but not overpowering.

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The Indian pancakes from this shop are very authentic, with a simple pancake skin that emits a strong egg aroma, and the paired flavors only add a hint of fragrance to enhance the complexity of the dish. Moreover, the pancake skin is completely non-greasy, making it easy to eat one after another. The shop has only offered a few options for many years but has still managed to operate successfully, proving that their deliciousness is well recognized by customers. (By the way, this shop was previously an open-air restaurant during the Cat City period, and it has now been moved indoors and equipped with air conditioning to provide a more comfortable dining environment.)

🚩 Ximending Indian Cuisine: Authentic Curry and Naan Perfectly Paired 🥳

📍 Location and Transportation: Kolkata Indian Cuisine is located in the basement food court of Wan Nian Building, Ximending, Taipei City (turn right at the bottom of the escalator from the first floor). The nearest MRT station is Ximen Station, Exit 6, about a 3-minute walk away. There is also the Emei multi-story parking lot nearby for cars and scooters.

🏠 Space: The restaurant has a spacious interior with exotic decor. Being in the basement, the ceiling height is somewhat low, creating a bit of a constricted feeling. Most tables accommodate 4-6 people, so it doesn't feel crowded, and the air conditioning is sufficiently cool.

💰 Ordering and Payment: Orders are taken at the table by the staff, and payment is made in cash at the counter after the meal.

🍽️ Dishes:
Garlic/Butter Naan: This naan is the best I've had in Taiwan; it is fragrant, soft, and chewy. It is freshly baked by hand and not factory-made; you can enjoy its aroma even without dipping it in curry. Paired with curry, you can't stop at just one bite, and I often find myself ordering additional pieces.
Vanilla Butter Chicken Curry: From the name alone, one might think it has a mild flavor, but the chicken breast is marinated with spices, resulting in a rich taste. The texture is tender and not dry. The sauce is flavorful and pairs well with naan.
Mixed Vegetable Curry: This contains cauliflower, potatoes, carrots, and beans, all of which are well-stewed and soft. The sauce is mild, making it suitable for children, but it has a powdery texture which I'm not sure if it's from coconut milk or the vegetables.
Crispy Fish Fillet: Fried fish served with lemon and onions; it is crispy and delicious.
Mango Lassi: Very sweet—absolutely sugary, and the mango used is mango sauce; it might be too sweet for northern people 🆖.
I previously ordered a Tandoori chicken leg, which had a strong spice flavor and was a bit burnt, something I'm not quite used to.

💭 Summary:
There is a wide variety of curry options available. Different types of curry (chicken/beef/lamb/seafood/vegetables) not only differ in ingredients but also have entirely different seasoning for the sauces. It's best to order two or three different flavors along with several pieces of naan to share, which is truly fantastic 😋. It has now become a must-eat restaurant during my visits to Ximending.
Although the restaurant's location is somewhat hidden, I noticed many foreign customers while dining this time, so I believe the flavors are quite international.